@metropolitan1966 According to the Annals of the Metropolitan Opera, this was the evening performance of Dec. 1. The matinee that day was Aida. There was no performance on Dec. 2, 1962. The conductor for this performance, by the way, was Thomas Schippers. The part of Silva was sung by Giorgio...
@operabeauty According to the _Annals of the Metropolitan Opera 1883-1989_, published by the Metropolitan Opera Guild, MacNeil did sing the part of Renato in Ballo onstage. The date was the 7th of March, 1962.
It's from the 1965 Historic Return to Carnegie Hall